Bulleted List of Major Events:
1. Pg. 8. When the book says that Jaunte knew he was going to die because his fellow researchers were determined to kill him, if necessary, I think it means that Jaunte is willing to die when they experiment with him to prove his theory. -Ashlee Carson
Response: I agree with Ashlee because jaunteing is life risking because if you do not make the jaunte it sounds like you will die. If his fellow researchers are determined to get the answer are doing to die before the researchers get there answers. - Katelyn Broughton
I agree with you Ashlee, I think that Jaunte was willing to risk his life in the name of his research. Or maybe he knew that they would make him do it anyway, even if he wasn't willing to risk his life. If people were willing to risk his life then, what would stop them. --Kayla Knisley
2. pg.13. In the book it says Plagues and pandemics raged as jaunting vagrants carried disease and vermin into defenseless countries. I think this is interesting because jaunting has taken over the world in a good way because people can transport themselves to any place they want, but in this text jaunting is effecting society in a negative way. -Taylor Vladic
A: Yeah that is interesting. Now the book was saying that different diseases were reappearing in different areas that have been gone for many years. I thought jaunting would be a positive thing too but I didnt even think about other people bringing different sicknesses to places around others. -Ashlee Carson
Response: I definetly agree with that. While I was reading all i thought about was how cool somehting like that would be if we could accually do it. But after reading further into the book I realised that jaunting had alot more negative effects on the world than positive. such as spread of disease and also a big impact on business and economy. ~Chelsea
I think to best understand the prologue you need to look at the charector traits of Gully Foyle to better get the understanding of whats happeneing in his mind. In times of boredom he ended up remembering a nursery rhyme from his childhood which shows you he does have some knowledge. he is listed as 30 years old big boned and rough. which pretty much states that he is somewhat on the fat side. He was to easy for trouble which i think meant that he was to stupid to come up with things to get him in trouble and he was to slow for fun. This makes me think again that he is fat, maybe thats why he has been able to survive this long in space because he has the weight to lose before he pretty much starts starving.He is defined as a man of physical strenght and intellectual potential stunted by his lack of ambition. this statement makes me think that he has the capability to be smart but he is to lazy to do do the things he must do to become smart. And now this man is in space and must find ways to survive until he is rescued. which can show that he has more knowledge in some ways then others because Gully Foyle now knows how to stay alive in space under terrible conditons which is an experiance that can"t be done without some ambition. Then again thats just my thoughts on the guy.-Keira Richardson
3.Pg.9 "Bring back the romantic age," the Romantics pleaded, "when men could risk their lives in high adventure."
Why do they want to bring back the old ways when the jaunting thing seems so cool but when they liked the other era i can see where they are coming from, maybe they should try it out first then say what they think about it not as the idea of jaunting is just beginning.People are entitled to their own opinion i understand that. --Jameson Holsinger :)
Response: people may like other eras because of may thing, its the same as today, out economy is terrible. people all over america just want to go back to the old ways, but in the novel and today its not that easy, it takes time and power. most of the people who want things dont seem to have the power to change the problem, you have to take steps to get back to how it should be, most people want it rushed and the problems arent resolved. -*Aaron Gromiller*
4. pg. 7 "This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it."
I think that he was saying that people are way worse off than they used to be. Maybe that people have evolved and changed in so many different ways that they're completely wacked out. I also think that he is foreshadowing the book in, not only the sentence, but the whole paragraph. I think this because in the book, the world, which is not only one world anymore but many, has changed so much over time; nobody enjoys it because theres so much advancement, and so it made so much more hate in the world. --Kayla Knisley
5. Pg. 9 "Eighty per cent of the volunteers died, and the agonies and remorse of their murderers would make a fascinating and horrible study, but that has no place in this history except to highlight the monstrosity of the times. Eighty per cent of the volunteers died, but 20 percent jaunted." Uhm. Well. Clearly, the monstrosity of the times must have been these scientists who "performed" "experiments" upon "volunteers." If you know what I'm saying. It's not cool that in order to find such an amazing ability such as jaunting that people have to be tortured into it or they die. - Kaylee Goldsworthy =]
The prologue
I feel that the prologue set ther scene for the entire book and i like how it starts out with talk of teleportation and that just sceemed to grab my attention- dustin gardner
6. This was the Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living, and hard dying...but nobody thought so. This was the future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice...but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks, but nobody loved it. I think this is a real attention getter. When i read this it made me want to read more right away. It made the book sound very interesting and make you want to read more. - Nick Shrift
I felt like the prologue set the stage for the whole jaunting aspect and like how there are wars and what not because of it. it seemed to lead right into the time where Gully foil is. i like how it explained the aspect of jaunt to be the cause of the wars, crimes and other things.-Dominic Spinazzola
I felt that the prologue told what the story was about, without giving it away. The writer gives the reader an idea of what the book is about, and gives more information on jaunting and helps the reader understand more about jaunting and it's way of life. -Hannah Gildea
To me the prologue was very helpful. It gave the reader a sense of what the book may contain. I agree with Dom that it set the stage for jaunting. It starts off with Jaunte who jaunts only when he's threatened with death. He is willing to risk his life for the researchers to experiment and provide a theory about jaunting. - Danielle Heininger
I really liked the Prologue because it is helping me understand what I can so far in the story. It also was spoken in words I can try to grip onto and understand. It really goes into full detail about the whole jaunting and makes me understand it much better than I could before. Hopefully I will start to understand the story all together as well. -Marissa Kosko-Blyler
I agree, Marissa. The Prologue is definitely important, in my opinion, too. The explanation of jaunting is both helpful to know and intriguing. - Julie Carney
1. Pg. 8. When the book says that Jaunte knew he was going to die because his fellow researchers were determined to kill him, if necessary, I think it means that Jaunte is willing to die when they experiment with him to prove his theory. -Ashlee Carson
Response: I agree with Ashlee because jaunteing is life risking because if you do not make the jaunte it sounds like you will die. If his fellow researchers are determined to get the answer are doing to die before the researchers get there answers. - Katelyn Broughton
I agree with you Ashlee, I think that Jaunte was willing to risk his life in the name of his research. Or maybe he knew that they would make him do it anyway, even if he wasn't willing to risk his life. If people were willing to risk his life then, what would stop them. --Kayla Knisley
2. pg.13. In the book it says Plagues and pandemics raged as jaunting vagrants carried disease and vermin into defenseless countries. I think this is interesting because jaunting has taken over the world in a good way because people can transport themselves to any place they want, but in this text jaunting is effecting society in a negative way. -Taylor Vladic
A: Yeah that is interesting. Now the book was saying that different diseases were reappearing in different areas that have been gone for many years. I thought jaunting would be a positive thing too but I didnt even think about other people bringing different sicknesses to places around others. -Ashlee Carson
Response: I definetly agree with that. While I was reading all i thought about was how cool somehting like that would be if we could accually do it. But after reading further into the book I realised that jaunting had alot more negative effects on the world than positive. such as spread of disease and also a big impact on business and economy. ~Chelsea
I think to best understand the prologue you need to look at the charector traits of Gully Foyle to better get the understanding of whats happeneing in his mind. In times of boredom he ended up remembering a nursery rhyme from his childhood which shows you he does have some knowledge. he is listed as 30 years old big boned and rough. which pretty much states that he is somewhat on the fat side. He was to easy for trouble which i think meant that he was to stupid to come up with things to get him in trouble and he was to slow for fun. This makes me think again that he is fat, maybe thats why he has been able to survive this long in space because he has the weight to lose before he pretty much starts starving.He is defined as a man of physical strenght and intellectual potential stunted by his lack of ambition. this statement makes me think that he has the capability to be smart but he is to lazy to do do the things he must do to become smart. And now this man is in space and must find ways to survive until he is rescued. which can show that he has more knowledge in some ways then others because Gully Foyle now knows how to stay alive in space under terrible conditons which is an experiance that can"t be done without some ambition. Then again thats just my thoughts on the guy.-Keira Richardson
3.Pg.9 "Bring back the romantic age," the Romantics pleaded, "when men could risk their lives in high adventure."
Why do they want to bring back the old ways when the jaunting thing seems so cool but when they liked the other era i can see where they are coming from, maybe they should try it out first then say what they think about it not as the idea of jaunting is just beginning.People are entitled to their own opinion i understand that. --Jameson Holsinger :)
Response: people may like other eras because of may thing, its the same as today, out economy is terrible. people all over america just want to go back to the old ways, but in the novel and today its not that easy, it takes time and power. most of the people who want things dont seem to have the power to change the problem, you have to take steps to get back to how it should be, most people want it rushed and the problems arent resolved. -*Aaron Gromiller*
4. pg. 7 "This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it."
I think that he was saying that people are way worse off than they used to be. Maybe that people have evolved and changed in so many different ways that they're completely wacked out. I also think that he is foreshadowing the book in, not only the sentence, but the whole paragraph. I think this because in the book, the world, which is not only one world anymore but many, has changed so much over time; nobody enjoys it because theres so much advancement, and so it made so much more hate in the world. --Kayla Knisley
5. Pg. 9 "Eighty per cent of the volunteers died, and the agonies and remorse of their murderers would make a fascinating and horrible study, but that has no place in this history except to highlight the monstrosity of the times. Eighty per cent of the volunteers died, but 20 percent jaunted." Uhm. Well. Clearly, the monstrosity of the times must have been these scientists who "performed" "experiments" upon "volunteers." If you know what I'm saying. It's not cool that in order to find such an amazing ability such as jaunting that people have to be tortured into it or they die. - Kaylee Goldsworthy =]
The prologue
I feel that the prologue set ther scene for the entire book and i like how it starts out with talk of teleportation and that just sceemed to grab my attention- dustin gardner
6. This was the Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living, and hard dying...but nobody thought so. This was the future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice...but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks, but nobody loved it. I think this is a real attention getter. When i read this it made me want to read more right away. It made the book sound very interesting and make you want to read more. - Nick Shrift
I felt like the prologue set the stage for the whole jaunting aspect and like how there are wars and what not because of it. it seemed to lead right into the time where Gully foil is. i like how it explained the aspect of jaunt to be the cause of the wars, crimes and other things.-Dominic Spinazzola
I felt that the prologue told what the story was about, without giving it away. The writer gives the reader an idea of what the book is about, and gives more information on jaunting and helps the reader understand more about jaunting and it's way of life. -Hannah Gildea
To me the prologue was very helpful. It gave the reader a sense of what the book may contain. I agree with Dom that it set the stage for jaunting. It starts off with Jaunte who jaunts only when he's threatened with death. He is willing to risk his life for the researchers to experiment and provide a theory about jaunting. - Danielle Heininger
I really liked the Prologue because it is helping me understand what I can so far in the story. It also was spoken in words I can try to grip onto and understand. It really goes into full detail about the whole jaunting and makes me understand it much better than I could before. Hopefully I will start to understand the story all together as well. -Marissa Kosko-Blyler
I agree, Marissa. The Prologue is definitely important, in my opinion, too. The explanation of jaunting is both helpful to know and intriguing. - Julie Carney